Glass-washer



J. LEER. GLASS WASHBR.

(N0 Model.)

Patented M ar. 2.7.1883.

N. PETERS, PMoiilhogl'lphel'. Wuhing\nn. D. C.

"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN LEER, OF DARMSTADT, IL LINOIS.

GLASS-WASHER.

SPEGIFIGATION forming pa.rt of Letters Patent N0. 274,792, da.ted March 27, 1883.

- Application filed September 27, 1882. (N nio('lel) 7 I0 all whom#lt may ooncern Be in kown Lhat JOHN LEER, of Darmstadt, in t;he county 0f St. Olair and State ot' Illiuois, have iuvented a certaiu new and useful Improvement' in Glas. -Washers, 0t whieh the followingis a full, clear, and. exact1 descriptiou, relerenize being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specifi-- pointed ou tin the claims.

In the drawiugs, Figure 1 is a perspectiv*e view ot the apparatus wich part; of the watervessel and shield broken away so show the interidr. Fig. 2 is a t;ransverse sectzion of the water-vessel, showing an end view of be brush anti flexible shield, und means for seeuring be shield so as to leave one side of thelatter free.

A is Ehe stand, which may be 0f any suita.b1e const;ruetion.

B is a treadle eonnected by means of its arm b and. a md, G, t0 a. crank,D, upon a shaft, E, taurniug in boxing e and. car rying a belt-pulley, F. The hell: G pesses beneath the pulley F and over a. pulley, H, having haud-rim h, keyed upon the brushshaft I. The brush is shown a1: J, lt is seured bya set-screw,j.to be shafb I. and is of such shape as 130 fit the interior of a glass or otherobjeet 150 be eleaned. The sbaft: I passes through one end of tahe water box 01' vessel K and has journal-bearing berein.

-I;ween t;he ends of the box and the bridge.

The shield is so arranged that a1L the water arrested by it will run down und be returned 110 the box. The end of be b,rush is fully elobhed with bristles, so that every part; of the interior of the glass is operated u.pon. In use Ehe box is filled with water up to the buttom of the brush, whieh by mere conitacl; with the water takes it up in sufficieut qumntihy.

M is the drain pipe or hose by which the water escapes frommhe vessel K.

I claim as my invention l. In a glass-washer, the spring-shield L, in combinatiou with water-box K and brusl1 J, the shield being seeured t0 one sid.eof the box, and. unattached or sprang againsb the other side of the box t0 perxnit of its Ibeiug raised wbeu desired, as set forth. 2. A glasswashet consisting 0f a. stand, A, water-box K, straft I, mounted in one end ut' the box, and carrying hand-rim pulley Hh am] brush J, spring-shield L over said. brush, leaving space ab euch end. 0t' the box, crank-shaft D E, uarrying pulley F,belti G, treadle B, having arm b, and a rod, G, eonnecting treadle with crank-shaft, as sei: forth. JOHN LEER.

Witnessesz SAML. KNIGHT,

ALBERT G. FISH. 

